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MSI's Home Theatre PC Reviewed

Posted by Hemos on from the look-pretty-sound-good dept.

VL writes "MSI, long time motherboard and video card manufacturer, has upped the ante somewhat with their MSI Entertainment and Gaming (MEGA 651) PC. Like other popular SFFs, the MEGA 651 is still "cube" in appearance, and offers support for fast CPUs and an AGP slot, but it has some unique ideas that target those specifically looking into building a Home Theater PC (HTPC). "

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  1. Shame they don't use one by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... to run their webserver, that could use a fast CPU right now. /.ed with one comment. That's embarrassing.

  2. Cube? by diospadre · · Score: 5, Funny

    You gotta love how companies like Shuttle, MSI, and Nintendo are slowly changing the definition of the word cube into "randomly sized box."

    Then again, the movie changed it to "crap", so maybe this is a good thing.

    1. Re:Cube? by Ominous+Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      I'd say that the GameCube is about as close to a cube as any console's ever come. GameSlightlyOffACubePlusHandle is a bit too long of a machine name.

      Do Shuttle and MSI call their SFF boxes cubes, or was that the article's author calling them cubes?

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  3. Huhhhh? by GeneralEmergency · · Score: 4, Funny

    "The speakers are each rated for 3W RMS"

    Has Richard Stallman become so noisy that they've named a unit of measure after him? 8^)

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  4. So that's a "cube" is it? by Dj · · Score: 3, Funny

    In other news, world found to be flat, balls no longer spheres, /. duplicate postings declared square.

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  5. Re:Suprised that Verizon is good by lordDallan · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think you meant to reply to the previous article friend.

    Can you click on the right link now? How about now? Good.

  6. ugly ugly ugly by BobTheLawyer · · Score: 2, Funny

    it looks like the worst of 80s hi-fi designs, complete with garish colour scheme (orange!) and pointlessly large LCD display.

    The standard black hi-fi units are boring, but this is actively offensive.

    Great idea, though.